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 The Hector Block, Hector, Minnesota, 1900 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase a copy |
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 Public School, Hector Minnesota, 1910 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Johnson Brothers, Hector Minnesota, 1910 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 West side of Main Street, Hector Minnesota, 1910s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge Buy a reproduction of this postcard - Buy a print of this image |
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 Elevators, Hector, Minnesota, 1910s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge Buy a reproduction of this postcard - Buy a print of this image |
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Steam Railroads of Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota |
| Steam railroading became an integral part of the communities in northern Iowa and southern Minnesota in the late 1800s. The railroad provided hundreds of jobs and the ability to transport both goods and passengers across the Midwest. The Chicago & North Western Railway, the Chicago Great Western Railroad, the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway, the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (called the Milwaukee Road by employees) served five principal gateways, which included Chicago, Illinois; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; Omaha, Nebraska; and Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri. Operating steam engines required tremendous manpower, and by the 1920s, some steam passenger trains were replaced by more efficient motor cars, fueled by oil-powered engines. Steam engines could no longer compete with the reduced operating costs, smaller crew requirements, and time savings provided by diesel, which ultimately led to the fall of steam in 1955. | |
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 Residence street, Hector Minnesota, 1915 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Residence of Dr. A. M. Ericson, Hector Minnesota, 1915 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Plat map of Hector Township in Renville County, Minnesota, from 1916 Courtesy John R. Borchert Map Library - click image to enlarge Buy a poster of this map - Buy a framed print of this map |
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 Village Park, Hector Minnesota, 1921 Courtesy Renville County Historical Society - click image to enlarge |
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 Street scene, Hector Minnesota, 1940s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge Buy a reproduction of this postcard - Buy a print of this image |
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